Resilient Nonprofits, Resilient Communities

Norm Smith, Senior Fellow M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Community Foundation of North Central Washington Sun Mountain, Winthrop, WA, October 1, 2014 Sleeping Lady, Leavenworth, WA, October 2, 2014

Overview

• Who Is In The Room Activity • Profile of the Independent Sector • Collective Impact & Isolated Impact – Group Exercise (Time Permitting) • Resiliency • Appreciative Inquiry • Concluding Thoughts

PART I – WHO’S IN THE ROOM?

Mission Statements

•

TFFF

: “Successful Citizens and Vital Rural Communities” •

MJMCT

: “to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to organizations seeking to strengthen the region’s educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways ;” •

PNCA

: “Pacific Northwest College of Art prepares students for a life of creative practice .”

PART II – PROFILE OF THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR

Bridgespan’s Key Findings

• • • • •

Spending

– Does rural get its share?

Financial health

– Are rural nonprofits better stewards?

Funding

– Are rural nonprofits short on financial nutrients?

Leadership

– Are rural nonprofits able to hire/retain top talent?

Distance

hurdle?

– Are time and distance a rural

U.S. Donors to Non-Profits

Private Contributions by Source

($ in billions) Individuals

$228.96

72% 6%

Corporations

$18.1

7%

Bequests

$23.4

15%

Foundations

$45.7

Total Giving: $316.23 billion

Source: Giving USA 2013, Giving USA Foundation, researched and written by the Center On Philanthropy at Indiana University

Private Contributions

13.3%

Charities, 2010 Fees for Svcs & Goods from Private Sources

49.6%

Government Grants

8.3%

Fees for Svcs & Goods from Govt

23.9%

Investment Income

2.8%

Other Income

2.1%

Source: Nonprofit Sector in Brief 2012 National Center for Charitable Statistics, the Urban Institute

Contributed Time & Individual Dollars • About 25% of Americans over the age of 16

volunteer time

worth over $225 billion annually for non-profit service • In recent years, individuals have given over $225 billion in

religious cash

contributions annually • Charitable contributions go predominantly to organizations (32%),

educational

institutions (13%), and

human service

organizations (13%)

The World of Grantmakers

National Distribution of Grant Dollars

International Affairs

5.5%

Science & Technology

2.6%

Environment & Animals

7.4%

Religion

2%

Social Sciences

1%

Education

23.3

% Public Affairs/Society Benefit

11.8%

Human Services

13.1% Total Dollars = $22.1 billion

Health

22.6

% Source: The Foundation Center,

Foundation Giving Trends

, 2011 *Based on a sample of 1,384 larger foundations

The World of Grantmakers

Distribution of Grant Dollars by Western Foundations

Public Affairs/Society Benefit

8.1%

Arts & Culture

7.6%

International Affairs

8.2%

Science & Technology

3.8%

Religion

1%

Social Sciences

0.5%

Health

30.6%

Human Services

8.6%

Environment & Animals

8.9%

Education

22.6% Total Dollars = $7.8 billion

Source: The Foundation Center,

Foundation Giving Trends

, 2011 *Based on a sample of 1,384 larger foundations.

PART III – COLLECTIVE IMPACT & ISOLATED IMPACT

Five Conditions of Collective Success Common Agenda Shared Measurement Systems Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Support Organizations

Isolated Impact

• Alone • Can be successful if a technical problem is well defined and the answer is known

Adaptive Problems

• Complex • No single entity has the resources to bring about the change and the answer is not known

Five Conditions of Collective Success Common Agenda Shared Measurement Systems Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Support Organizations

PART IV - RESILIENCY

Carlton Complex Fire Japan’s Tsunami

Oso, WA, Mudslide Oso, WA, Post Mudslide

Pilger, NB, Twin Tornadoes Vernonia, OR, Two 500 Year Floods in 11 years

PART V – APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

Concluding Thoughts

• “History is not, of course, a cookbook offering pretested recipes. It teaches by analogy, not by maxims. It can illuminate the consequences of actions in comparable situations, yet each generation must discover for itself what situations are in fact comparable .” –

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

• “There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good .” –

Satirist Stephen Colbert

Norm Smith Senior Fellow, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust [email protected]

References & Reading

• • • • • • • • • • • Bridgespan Article http://www.bridgespan.org/Publications-and-Tools/Funding Strategy/Small-but-Tough-Nonprofits-in-Rural-America.aspx

“Foundation Giving Trends” by the Foundation Center Giving USA 2013, Giving USA Foundation, Center On Philanthropy at Indiana University National Center for Charitable Statistics, the Urban Institute, Nonprofit Sector in Brief Core Files 2012 Current Population Survey, September 2013 Non Profit Almanac Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011, “Collective Impact” by John Kania and Mark Kramer of FSG, www.ssireview.org

Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2004, “Leading Boldly” by Ronald Heifetz, Kania and Kramer, www.ssireview.org

Visit www.chalkboardproject.org

Appreciative Inquiry http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/intro/whatisai.cfm

Resilience – Community Vitality, Spring 2014, The Ford Family Foundation, www.tfff.org/cv